Indian authorities have claimed the arrest of a suspected militant who they allege belongs to Pakistan and was sent to Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) to setup a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) camp in the area, Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
The report claims that Assad Ahmed, cousin of an alleged Pakistan-trained suspect who was arrested last week in IHK, had told the Hindustan Times that the arrested man Sajjad is of Pakistani descent.
Indian media channels showed images of a man carrying an AK-47 rifle at the entrance of a cave in IHK, whom they have identified as Sajjad Ahmed also known as Jawed Ahmed, and claimed that the arrested terrorist had confessed that he was a resident of Pakistan’s Muzaffargarh district.
The Hindustan Times quoted Assad, a security guard in Karachi, as saying: “yes, I am the brother of Sajjad Ahmed. We read about his arrest in IHK in a local daily”.
Assad’s statements pertaining to Sajjad’s father allegedly matched those of Sajjad himself when he spoke to army interrogators. “Yes, his father’s name is Faiz Baksh and he is a resident of Muzaffargarh,” he said.
Sajjad is allegedly the second suspect captured by Indian forces this month whom they allege had been sent from Pakistan.
